Deal to bring Lansing Brewing Co. to Stadium District space not final yet

The Stadium District Apartments building at 500 E. Michigan Ave, across from Cooley Law School Stadium in Lansing. Plans called for The Lansing Brewing Co. to open in the space, but a lease hasn't yet been signed. Courtesy Photo | Gillespie Group

LANSING, MI – A highly anticipated brew pub will still
come to Lansing, but maybe not in the spot originally intended.

Lansing Brewing Co. owner Mark Sellers, who is also
bringing his popular HopCat Bar concept to East Lansing, said he hasn't signed
a lease for space in the Stadium District yet.

When Sellers announced plans to open the brew pub, he
said Lansing Brewing Co. would occupy the vacant 6,400-square-foot space at the
northwest corner of the Stadium District, located at 500 E. Michigan Ave. in
Lansing.

"We haven't finalized the lease," he said this week. "It
doesn't mean that we've decided not to, it just means that we don't have
certainty yet."

Plans originally called for a 10-barrel brewpub system at
the location.

Selllers said he is hopeful that a lease can be negotiated,
and soon: if an agreement is reached shortly, the timeline for opening the pub
won't be delayed.